Segway Kills Company Owner

derf · 09-27-2010, 11:45 AM

One day these things will rise up against us like Skynet did in the terminator movies, and I bet this guy found out their plans so they killed him

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/27...cident/?hpt=T2

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The owner of the Segway company has died, apparently in an accident involving one of his upright two-wheeled vehicles, police in England said Monday.

The body of James Heselden, 62, was pulled from the River Wharfe in northern England on Sunday, police said.

A Segway-type vehicle was recovered from the river, police said.

derf · 09-27-2010, 11:48 AM

Repost!

Adeptus_Minor · 09-27-2010, 09:33 PM

Yeah, but this is where it's SUPPOSED to be posted.

Ok, someone needs to splice together a video of Will Smith interrogating a Segway.

Mikey · 09-27-2010, 09:54 PM

That is, without a doubt, the funniest damn thing I've read all day.

Particle Man · 09-28-2010, 12:24 AM

I hate those things so

Smittie61984 · 09-28-2010, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Particle Man

I hate those things so

It should be legal to hit those things. I saw a pack of them in Savannah once and they were hogging up the road. Now how suprised was I that they came out of some trendy moped store.

Trip · 09-28-2010, 11:22 AM

Apparently this guy wasn't the creator, he was some rich guy that bought the company.

tommymac · 09-28-2010, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Trip

Apparently this guy wasn't the creator, he was some rich guy that bought the company.

That doesnt make the story as newsworthy so they have to forget to mention that

goof2 · 09-28-2010, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Trip

Apparently this guy wasn't the creator, he was some rich guy that bought the company.

Yeah, the inventor is Dean Kamen. Some of his earlier inventions were pretty great including the wheelchair from which the Segway got most of its technology. I think somewhere in the publicity runup for the Segway, when a lot of the most respected entrepreneurs were unabashedly sucking Kamen's dick with hyperbole to the effect that the Segway was the most important invention ever, would change the future of the world, and would be the fastest company in history to reach $1 billion in sales Kamen went over to the doucheside.

Particle Man · 09-28-2010, 04:50 PM

They were all over the NY State fair - TWC was using them. They had annoying kids on them (read: college age) with laptops on the front and they'd push in front of you and demand that you try their wireless internet service.

I almost pushed one onto the grass but my wife wouldn't let me. *grumble*

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Particle Man Custom User Title Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central NY Moto: 2003 SV650S Posts: 14,959	They were all over the NY State fair - TWC was using them. They had annoying kids on them (read: college age) with laptops on the front and they'd push in front of you and demand that you try their wireless internet service. I almost pushed one onto the grass but my wife wouldn't let me. grumble __________________ I'm not "fat." I'm "Enlarged to show texture." Handle every stressful situation like a DOG: If you can't eat it or hump it, pi$$ on it & walk away.

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